⚽️ 2023/24 Season - General Football News - Open Thread

Football News 2023-2024 Season

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:trophy: The last 5 World Cup Golden Ball winners were all number 10s.

:fr: 2006 — Zinedine Zidane
:uruguay: 2010 — Diego Forlan
:argentina: 2014 — Lionel Messi
:croatia: 2018 — Luka Modric
:argentina: 2022 — Lionel Messi

Special Number! :keycap_ten:

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Roberto Mancini has resigned as coach of Italy.

They’ll always have this memory :trophy:

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Inter Miami vs. Philadelphia Union in the Leagues Cup Semifinals will be the most expensive ticket in Union history with an average price of $556 :flushed:

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Not one player from the legendary BBC and MSN trios will be playing in Europe this season :pleading_face:

End of an era :broken_heart:

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PSG were knocked out of the Champions League in the Round of 16 in both seasons of the Messi, Mbappe, and Neymar era.

Never quite worked out :broken_heart:

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:saudi_arabia: Cristiano Ronaldo
:us: Leo Messi
:saudi_arabia: Neymar Jr

All three of the biggest stars on the planet are now playing football outside of Europe. :eu::x::pensive:

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:studio_microphone: Nasser Al-Khelaïfi: “It is inevitably difficult to say goodbye to a legend of the Club and that’s what Neymar will be forever." :heart::blue_heart:

(Source: @PSG_Inside)

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FIFA Best XI of the year 2017.

-Sergio Ramos and Bonucci are without a team.

  • Buffon is retired.
    -Dani Alves in jail.
    -Marcelo in Brazil.
    -Messi in the MLS.
    -Cristiano, Iniesta and Neymar in Middle Eastern football.

Only two remain in Europe: Luka Modric and Toni Kroos :broken_heart:

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Europe has lost almost all its best elite footballers of the last decade. So sad to see :sweat:

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Give about couple of years, they will all return to Europe and Ronaldo will lead the way.

OR

The star players who are approaching retirement will hang their boots and the league will be back to square one.

I think, the Saudi Pro League model is not a sustainable model.

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UEFA Men’s Coach of the Year nominees :brain:

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UEFA Men’s Player of the Year nominees :star2:

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Thierry Henry will become the new France under-21 head coach after he was chosen by the French Football Federation (FFF), sources have told ESPN.

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In 2009, Lionel Messi won his first UEFA Club Footballer of the Year award :trophy:

Nearly 15 years later, he’s one of three nominees for the 2022-23 UEFA Men’s Player of the Year award.

Longevity :goat::chart_with_upwards_trend:

(via UEFA Champions League)

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𝐃𝐢𝐞𝐠𝐨 𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐚𝐧 is the only player in history to win the Pichichi award twice without playing for either Barcelona or Real Madrid!

:1st_place_medal: LaLiga top scorer in 2005 with Villareal
:1st_place_medal: LaLiga top scorer in 2009 with Atletico Madrid

Imagine winning the European Golden Boot playing for Villarreal and competing with:

— Henry :fr:
— Eto’o :cameroon:
— Ronaldo :brazil: Raul :es:
— Shevchenko :ukraine: Crespo :argentina:
— Ibrahimovic :sweden: Del Piero :it:
— Nistelrooy :netherlands: Ronaldo :portugal: Rooney :england:
— Totti :it:
— Drogba :cote_divoire:
— Adriano :brazil:

𝑳𝒆𝒈𝒆𝒏𝒅! :uruguay::crown::fire:

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Luciano Spalletti is the new head coach of Italy, per Fabrizio Romano :it:

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A reminder that Theo Walcott has scored more Champions League goals than:

:brazil: Ronaldo
:es: David Villa
:fr: Zinedine Zidane
:argentina: Carlos Tevez
:england: Michael Owen

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:no_entry: The three most decisive saves in football history:

:gloves: 2022: Emiliano Martinez :vs: Randal Kolo Muani
:gloves: 2010: Iker Casillas :vs: Arjen Robben
:gloves: 2005: Jerzy Dudek :vs: Andriy Shevchenko

:fire::fire::shield:

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:argentina: Never forget, Emiliano Martinez Auctions World Cup Gloves for $45K for Cancer Hospital.

Respect! :saluting_face:

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